A CURIOUS CAT.
This is a trick to be played only where the people know each other very well.
A tall screen is required, a cat, a saucer of milk, a table and a showman.
The showman is the most important, for on his ready wit and tactful manner the success of the trick depends.
He stands by the screen and says to the audience,
Come behind this screen and you will see
A cat with her head where her tail ought to be.
One by one, the guests may go, and each must observe a discreet silence, so that the rest may not guess what the trick is.
As each goes behind the screen, a table is seen on which is a cat with her tail towards a saucer of milk, where, were it not for the showman’s efforts, her head would naturally be. This foolish trick will always cause a hearty laugh.